Wall-bed.



WALL BED.

APPLICATION FILED 0 Patented Nov.

Ii LIFQLEDN DOi'f 'EiLASEL BEIPF 14. 1, UELZFGENIA.

Application G To (1Z6 whom. it may come-m:

Be it known I, liiromon Dons- LAss, citizen oi he United States,residing at Berkeley, in the county of Alameda in State of (hiliiorniohave invented new anti 11-; .ut improvements in. i ail Beds, of whichthe following; is a specihcaticni N invention relates to We ii'LilDl-illit} and PfitiiCliiui'iy to Willi beds Which are {tempted tohe moved in and out of a recess in the will.

The object of the gfii'eseni: .im'e

provide a floor G? p" the bed or oihei R which door c1 panei a lspieiito is a ciosm'e fo the opening in the win which pent co r .l ofmoven'ient 3:" on are of i nnately one himdt eighty (g s by an moiwar-iii ;from 1e Wflii and then by inechzmisinadapted to drawn againtoward the Vail the swinging .i'novenn is completed 0 The inventionconsists oi. the 1,2 "is and the construction and combination. et parts,as hereiimi'tei' more fui v iQSCZiiJQCi and chimed, having reference tothe aGCOi'lljiJii-fi Z drawings, in which .b'igui'e It is it side tion:i igi. :1. A lower Sl'lpPOl'lii and thrust 1 H. hoziicontzii tim showingL. l in the closed position. Fig. i a simiizu' View showing; the panelin open position.

i represents :1 door- OZ adapted nocpanel inuiiy to form a closure for sreecss or closet 2 in a wall. ()rd'nm'ily this door or p. .101 will bewioer than the i pit-h of the closet. Urdine 3/ one side of the panelwill carry d and the other side may or may not be provided withfllllliiiiiffi such, for example, as iieprcsentcd. by the sideboard at.When one side oi? the pane]. is exposed to the rc' oin, the bed v -iiibe in position iio be or side will be housed anti hung in. the closet.Similarly when the panei is reversed, the article of furniture 4 Will beex osed to, the room and in position for use w liIe the bed or the like;as 3 win. b housed in the closet.

The present invei n has to do with means for simpeiting the pane} so topermit of the reversal thereof, as above in licateci.

its here shown, prom Specificsflon of Letters Patent.

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folded down for use and the sideboard othe' orticie of furniture on theopposite li ov. 1% 19126 "3', 192.0. Seriabfio. 586,258.

port "which ci'ane 5 it the top of the panel and at the top of thecloset, and a small sliding arm or crane 6 at the bottom. Each of thesearms 5 6 move in and out of the closet sim'niteneousiy in unison and ina iiireetion pail-slid with the ciept-h of the ciosetor at right angicsto the opening thereof; and each arm being ivoted to the middle of hedoor, at 5. The upper arm. has its in rsiiie new: the tear resting and.sup posted on the giiiiiie sheave Y and the top of it; front ai iesiin tanother sheave 8; the itil'fi 5 c etWec-n the upper and imvei' i pulleys7S, 561! late are hone sole brackets 1 the top of the 010: t ii'i'ie loV01 :ii-in between the upper sheaves or rollers 9-40 c the i? ciih "3;Thus ni'lns an! the panel is sup ;-irteo from below by we iUYFGI'IlIOSiLsheaves i'-J and above by up Jern'iiiist heaves 89.

J Q] My secured to me Weight of the in the direc I Wlli operate, 1 t tobodily tin-us that the panel' is carried completely on the arms or g i ii-l Then, as the taming motion is .Mzt' ineci in the direction of thearrow, so t inci through an m of one. hundred L V git-y degrees, the lnks will gradually iii-ow the panel back into position flush with theVail 14-.

From the foregoing it will he UIltiQlSiiOOfi that the HIIUS or Q'uiC es5 6 constitute a carrier to support the links to re ci'sc and retractWhile I have. shovm two arms, one LLil top and hottcin, to support thecarrier, it is manifest that a single arm can be idaptedto this pur'pose through the medium of the upper and lower spaced guide supportingsheaves; but .i rlo'not Wish to be considered as limiting myself to thespecific invention herein shown and described. I

Having thus describes} I cieiin and desire to 5530121" I invent-ion,What e by iiieitei's Pati mnei nionnteii to and a bracket d lowerspaced.

and to plOjQC J the panei, and.

support therefor, said support comprisingv to turn about a, verticalaxis, and a bracket support therefor, said support comprising an armpivoted at one end in line with the vertical axis of the panel andprojecting rearwerdly therefrom, and upper and lower supporting guidesheaves engaging the arm to support the Weightthereof.

Tie eoinbinethin of a panel mounted to tune "about it rertieal s, and abracket support therefor, said support comprising an arm pivoted to thepanel in line with the vertical axis thereof, upper and lowersupportingguide pulleys engaging the arm to 7 support the Weight thereof, andmeans by Winch the panel, when turned through an are of one hundred andeighty degrees 1s made first to move outwardly, then to beeutonuitically reversed, and finally to be moved inwardly into closed.position.

4. The combination of a panel mounted to turn about vertical axis, anarm pivoted to the panel in line with the axis thereof, said armRIOYflble in and out with the panel and guiding the top thereot,n11dmeans by which the panel, when turned through on are of one hundred andeighty degrees, is made first to move in an outward direction, then tobe automatically turned and finally to he moved back into closedposition.

in testimony whereof I hate hereunto set my hand in the presenee of twosubscribing Witnesses.

NAPOLEON B. DOUG-LASS.

Witnesses CHARLES EDELMAN,

C. C. Coon.

